The following papers have been on the shortlist for selection of the best paper in the SPLC 2016 Research Track (alphabetical (by title) order)

• Thomas Kühn and Walter Cazzola. Apples and Oranges: Comparing Top-Down and Bottom-Up Language Product Lines
• Yi Zhang, Jianmei Guo, Eric Blais, Krzysztof Czarnecki and Huiqun Yu. A Mathematical Model of Performance-Relevant Feature Interactions
• Gabriel Ferreira, Momin Malik, Christian Kästner, Jürgen Pfeffer and Sven Apel. Do #ifdefs Influence the Occurrence of Vulnerabilities? An Empirical Study of the Linux Kernel
• Philipp Kehrbusch, Johannes Richenhagen, Bernhard Rumpe, Axel Schloßer, Christoph Schulze. Interface-Based Similarity Analysis of Software Components for the Automotive Industry

Best Paper Award